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The DCCC has coverted at least some of the $500,000 worth of air time it reserved in the Capital Region into an actual buy andÂ started running an anti-U.S. Rep. John Sweeney adÂ that just so happens to coincide with First Lady Laura Bush’s visitÂ to headline a fund-raiser for the Clifton Park Republican. This despite the fact […] More »

NOTE: I changed the headline after aÂ reader called into question use of the word “illegal,” sayingÂ it was too strong. This seems more appropriate. Â Democratic 20th CD candidate Kirsten Gillibrand’s campaign manager Bill Hyers sent a letter to TV station managers today alleging that U.S. Rep. John Sweeney’s new ad violates the “Stand By Your […] More »

U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, started running a new TV ad last night that slams his Democratic opponent, Kirsten Gillibrand, for the failings of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she worked from May 2000 to January 2001. What’s odd is that there’s two different versions of the spot: The one […] More »

Stuart Rothenberg, the man behind the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, explains in today’s Roll Call why he doesn’t believe a number of congressional races – including the 20th CD contest – are as close asÂ Democratic pollstersÂ are reporting. Roll Call is a subscription-only publication, but the campaign of U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, has helpfully […] More »

Democratic 20th CD candidate Kirsten Gillibrand has released a new TV ad – the first in some time that does not slam her opponent, U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park. It’s actually remarkably tame for the slug-fest this race has become. Instead, the spot, airing in the Albany media market this week, focuses on Gillibrand’s […] More »

Democratic 20th CD candidate Kirsten Gillibrand has released a new TV ad – the first in some time that does not slam her opponent, U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park. It’s actually remarkably tame for the slug-fest this race has become. Instead, the spot, airing in the Albany media market this week, focuses on Gillibrand’s […] More »

Democratic 20th CD candidate Kirsten Gillibrand released a new TV ad, which begins running today, that hits U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, for voting in favor of congressional pay raises while voting against an amendment that would have provided a $1,500 bonus to every American service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The whole […] More »

Democratic 20th CD candidate Kirsten Gillibrand released a new TV ad, which begins running today, that hits U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, for voting in favor of congressional pay raises while voting against an amendment that would have provided a $1,500 bonus to every American service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The whole […] More »

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., one of the Democrats’ rising stars, will headline a fund-raiser for Democratic 20th CD candidate Kirsten Gillibrand on Oct. 5 at the home of Elizabeth and Dale Hemmerdinger in Manhattan, her campaign has announced. Tickets are $1,000Â a head and $2,100 for “honored guests.” Co-hosts must raise $5,000 and co-chairs, $10,000. […] More »

A 20th CD resident e-mailed in to report about a “Lawyers for Gillibrand” fundraiser at the Fort Orange Club in Albany Monday. Ticket prices are: $75 for “associate,” $250 for “partner,” and $500 for “sponsor.” More »

For all you 20th CD junkies, the TU’s Tim O’Brien wrote in with the following:Â In the first of what she said will be a series of “kitchen table forums,” Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand was in Saratoga Springs today to discuss her healthcare proposals. More »

For all you 20th CD junkies, the TU’s Tim O’Brien wrote in with the following:Â In the first of what she said will be a series of “kitchen table forums,” Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand was in Saratoga Springs today to discuss her healthcare proposals. More »

…The organization that today dubbed him one of the 20 most corrupt members of Congress, via his campaign spokeswoman Maureen O’Brien Donovan, who called the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington “nothing more than a vehicle for Democrats to misrepresent the facts – like MoveOn.org.” Donovan noted CREW founder and Executive Director Melanie Sloan […] More »

On the heels of Gold Star mother Kathy Brown’s ad for U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, which started running Sunday, the Republican congressman’s Democratic challenger, Kirsten Gillibrand, today began airing a new anti-war ad of her own. It’s basically a reworked version of a number of previous ads, in which Sweeney has been cast as rubber-stamping […] More »

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